February 2016 BIER Minutes

For the cold and snowy February meeting we had a smaller than usual turnout.

Bernie Kordula Donna Kordula Bob Ciesla Josh
Sember

Adam Hawley Dave Murphy James Dunn Dave Russell

Chris Given Jim Burt Rich Andel

Rich took these notes, and presented a PowerPoint presentation on the National
Homebrew Conference - last year's event in San Diego

Dave Russell - Cherry Wheat, used
six row, wheat, oats, & cascade hops but said he's giving up on cherry
extract he put 2 ounces in 5 gallons at bottling and it was just a subtle
flavor, we all thought it was good. Made
with Safebrew 06 yeast.

Jim Burt - One More Blonde - it's
based on a beer from Bluestone, which reportedly has 19 IBU's, but he dropped
it to 17, used Willamette hops,Crystal
20, it's about a 5% beer, good session beer for the heat of summer.

Bernie - Free Hop Fuggle English Mild
using Maris Otter, & British yeast, we all thought it was a good example of
a Mild, lower alcohol but a lot of flavor.

Chris Givens (C) - brought Duchesse De
Bourgogne, byBrouwerijVerhaegh – a Belgian
Sour he received as a gift (purchased in Philadelphia), this delicious Flanders
Red ale is aged in oak, apparently after two years they add a blend of some
fresh wort to the beer,lots of folks were impressed
with it even those that didn't particularly care for sours, very complex it's
like an explosion of flavors, I would buy one of these if I saw it!

Dave Murphy - (C) brought one of his favorite beers, the breakfast Stout from founders, very
good.